Carrying and transferring device.



No. 708,595. Patented sept.` 9, M902.

J. H. SINNTTL CARRYING AND T RANSFEBHING DEVICE. (Application led Oct.10, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets No. 703,595.l Patented sept. 9, i902.

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CARRYING AND TRNSFERRING DEVICE.

(Application filed Oct. 10, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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CARRYING AND TRANSFERRING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,595, datedSeptember 9, 1902.

Application iiled October 10, 1901. Serial No. 78,217. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY SINNOTT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of NewYork, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and ImprovedCarrying and Transferring Device, of which the following-is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved carryingand transferring device, more especially designed for use in printingestablishments and arranged to insure accurate piling of sheets of paperona transferringcarriage and to facilitate the transfer of the-pile fromthe store-room to the machine and from one machine to another withoutmuch exertion on the part of the operator.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as Will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews. Y

Figure lis a front elevation of the improvement in position alongside aprinting-press. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. Sis an enlargedfront elevation of part of the improvement. Fig. 4 is a transversesection of the same on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig: 5Y is asectional front elevation of thesame on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

On the flat top A' of a wheeled vehicle'A` are secured thetransversely-extending trackrails B B, rigidly connected with each otherby suitable braces B' to prevent the trackrails from spreading. Anextensiontrack may be connected with the track-rails B B, and for thispurpose a track-section is provided having track-rails O C, rigidlyconnected with each other by braces O', and the said track-rails O O areadapted to form extensions for the track-rails B B, as plainly indicatedin the drawings, the said track-rails C C being for this purposeprovided at one end with apertured lugs C2, adapted to be engaged by apin D, adapted to pass through correspondingly-registering apertures inthe lugs and `the track-rails B B, so that the extensiontrack section ispivotally connected with the track-rails B B to allow of swinging saidtrack-section into a vertical position to form a guide for the sheets ofpaper to bat/ransferred, as hereinafter more fully described. Thetrack-section, consisting of the rails O O and the braces O', is adaptedto rest on the top of the receiving-tableE of a printingpress,folding-machine, or other machine onto which a pile of sheet-paper is tobe transferred or removed, the said receiving-table E being verticallyadjustable to bring the trackrails O O in horizontal alinement with thetrack-rails B B. On the rails B B and O O is adapted to travel acarriage consisting of wheels F, having their axles F' journaled in aframe F2, the said axles engaging gnideways G', formed on bars G,secured to the' under side of a table or platform H, adapted to receivethe sheets of paper I, as illustrated in the drawings. The guideways G'are provided withnstops G2 to limit the traveling movement of the axlesof the several wheels F at the time the table H, with the sheets Ithereon, is to be transferred from the wheeled vehicle A to thereceiving-table E to bring the sheets I in position for feeding to theprinting-press.

It is understood thatwhen the table H, with the sheets I thereon, ispushed transversely the Wheels F travel on the rails B B and finallyonto the rails O O, and at the same time the axles F' of the wheels Froll olf in the guideways G', so that the platform or table travels at agreater rate of speed than the Wheel-carrying frame, and but very littlepower or exertion on the part of the operator will be required to pushthe table H, with its load of sheets I, to transfer the table from theWheeled vehicle A to the table E. A guard-rail G3 is secured to theunder side of the table or platform H to travel on the axles F',adjacent to the frame F2, so as to hold the Wheels F in proper positionrelative to the table H and to therails B B and O C.

' (See Fig. 4:.) On the under side of the table ICO rear end thereof isadjustably held a guidebar J, extending vertically to act as a guide forpiling the sheets I in position on the table H, the said guide Jactingin conjunction With the extension-track section at the time the latteris swung into a vertical position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.1, the rails C O then forming an abutment for the sheets I, so that thelatter are uniformly piled 011 top of the table H. In order to hold thetracksection in this uppermost position, a suitable pin is insertedthrough registering apertures C3 and Gr4 in the lugs C2 and the bars G.

The device is used as follows: When the platform H is in position overthe table A and the track-section is in a vertical position and lockedto the guideway G', the sheets of paper I can be readily piled onto thesaid table H in the store-room of the establishment, and when thedesired pile of paper is on the platform the wheeled vehicle is drawn tothe press-room and alongside the press, as illustrated in the drawings.The track-section is now unlocked bywithdrawing thepin from theregistering apertures C3 and G4,and the tracksection is then swungdownward onto the table E, and then the operator pushes the carriage,with its load, in a transverse direction to cause the wheels F to travelalong the rails B B onto the rails C C. Thus the carriage passes fromthe Wheeled vehicle A onto the receiving-table E. The pin D is nowWithdrawn to disconnect the track-section from the rails B B, and thewheeled vehicle, with its fixed railsB B, can now be moved back to thestore-room to receive another carriage,con sisting of the table H, theframe F2, Aand Wheels F, to receive a new pile of sheets to be taken toanother printing-press, if desired. The sheets supported on the table Hof the carriage left on the rails C C, resting on the table E, are fedto the press in the usual manner, and the printed sheets as deliveredfrom the press may be fed onto the table H of another carriage havingWheels F and frame F2, with the Wheels resting on a track-section, sothat when the printed sheets have accumulated on this table the carriagemay finally be transferred back onto the track-rails B B of a Wheeledvehicle A to carry the printed sheets to a folder or other machine.

From the foregoing it is evident that the connected rails C C not onlyform an extension for the fixed track rails B B on the Wheeled vehicleto allow of moving the carriage supporting the sheets I from the Wheeledvehicle onto the table E, but said connected rails also serve as a guideto insure proper piling of the sheets on the table H. A suitable lockingdevice, such as a drop-latch K, may be used on each side of the carriageto lock the same in place on some of the braces B', held on the top ofthe wheeled vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A device of the class described, comprising awheeled vehicle, a track fixed thereon, acarriage mounted to travel onthe said track, and a track-section adapted to be supported on areceiving-table of a printing-press and forming an extension for thesaid xed track, for Wheeling the carriage from the Wheeled vehicle ontothe receiving-table, as set forth.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a wheeled vehicle, atrack fixed thereon, a carriage mounted to travel on the said track, anda track-section adapted to form an extension for the said fixed track,for wheeling the carriage from the fixed track onto the tracksection,the said track section being also adapted to form a guide for piling thesheets of paper on the said carriage, as set forth.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a Wheeled vehicle, a xedtrack thereon, a carriage mounted to travel thereon, and a track-sectionremovably connected with the said fixed track and adapted to besupported on a receiving-table of a printing-press and forming anextension therefor, to permit of wheeling the said carriage from thewheeled vehicle onto the receiving-table and leaving it thereon, as setforth.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a fixed track, a carriagemounted to travel thereon and adapted to receive a load, and atrack-section pivoted on the said fixed track and adapted to form aguide for the sheets piled on the said carriage, as set forth.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a fixed track, a carriagemounted to travel thereon and adapted to receive a load, a tracksectionpivoted on the said fixed track and adapted to form a guide for thesheets piled on the said carriage, and means for locking the saidtrack-section to the said carriage, as set forth.

6. In a device of the class described, a table or platform havinglongitudinally-extending guideways, Wheels having one end of their axlesWorking in said guideways, and guardrails carried by the table orplatform and engaging the other ends of the axles of the wheels, as setforth.

7. 1n a device of the class described, a'table or platform havinglongitudinally-extending IOO IIO

guideways, wheels having one end of their axles journaled in a supportindependent of the table or platform and their other ends working in thesaid guideways, and guardrails carried by the table or platform andengaging the ends of the axles mounted in the said support, as setforth.

S. A device of the class described, comprising a track, a frame havingWheels mounted to travel on the said track, a table, and guidewayscarried on the table and in which the axles of the said Wheels work, asset forth.

9. A device of the class described, comprising a track, a frame havingwheels mounted to travel on the said track, a table, guideways carriedon the table and in which the axles of the said Wheels Work, and alocking device for locking the said table to the said frame, as setforth.

l0. Adevice of the class described,co1n prising a track, a frame havingWheels mounted to travel on the said track, atable, guideways carried onthe table and in which the axles of the said Wheels Work, and meanssubstan- `tially as described, for limiting the ordinary motion of theguideways on the said axles, as set forth.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination With a frame,and Wheels having one end of their axles mounted in said frame, of aplatform havinglongitudinal guideways in which are mounted the otherends of the axles of the Wheels and provided with guardrails engagingaxles adjacent to the frame, as set forth.

l2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame,and Wheels having one end of their axles mounted in said frame, of aplatform having longitudinal guideways in which are mounted the otherends of the axles of the Wheels and provided With guardrails engagingaxles adjacent to the frame, and means for locking the platform to theframe, as set forth.

13. Adeviceofthe class described,compris Y ing a Wheeled vehicle, aiixed track on said vehicle, a track-section pivoted to the ixed track,means for locking the track-section in a vertical position, and acarriage comprising a frame having wheels mounted to travel on the fixedtrack and track-section, and aplatform mounted to travel on the frame ata greater rate of speed than that ofthe frame on the track, as setforth.

let. A device of the class described, comprising a wheeled vehicle, axed track thereon, a track-section pivoted to the xed track, means forlocking the track-section in a vertical position, and a carriagecomprising a frame, Wheels having one end of their axles mounted in saidframe, and a platform having longitudinal guideways in which are mountedthe other ends of the axles and provided With guard-rails engaging theaxles of the Wheels adjacent to the frame, as set f0l'tl`1.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence ofv two Witnesses.

JOHN HENRY SINNOTT.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. OREILLY, PATRICK J. MOCARTHY.

